What years did Willi Castro play?

Willi Castro played in Major League Baseball from 2019 to 2026.

Was Willi Castro a pitcher?

No. Willi Castro was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 6 career games.

How many home runs did Willi Castro hit?

Willi Castro hit 71 career home runs with 679 hits.

What was Willi Castro's career batting average?

Willi Castro batted .247 over his career, with 679 hits in 2,752 at bats.

How many RBI did Willi Castro have?

Willi Castro drove in 284 runs in his career.

What was Willi Castro's career ERA?

Willi Castro finished with a 5.79 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Willi Castro

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2019-2026)

Willi Castro is an outfielder who has played in Major League Baseball since 2019 for 4 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 8 seasons. In 825 career games, he has hit .247 with 679 hits, 71 home runs, and 284 RBI. Willi Castro is an All-Star.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

AVG .247

HR 71

RBI 284

H 679

OPS .705

PIV thru 2025 -1,087

PIV is computed through the 2025 season, so it does not yet include 2026. Every other career total on this page includes 2026 through October 12, 2026.

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 206 lb
Born: 4/24/1997 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
MLB Debut: 2019-08-24
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Willi Rafael Castro

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Career Batting Statistics

Willi Castro — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
825	2,752	406	679	129	25	71	284	85	217	752	.247	.316	.389	.705	-1,087

Career AVG .247 vs. league average .246 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .316 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .389 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .705 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Willi Castro Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2019	DET	AL	30	100	10	23	6	1	1	8	0	6	34	.230	.252 (-9%)	.322 (-12%)	.434 (-22%)	.757 (-18%)	-301.2
2020	DET	AL	36	129	21	45	4	2	6	24	0	7	38	.349	.244 (+43%)	.321 (+18%)	.417 (+32%)	.739 (+26%)	545.0
2021	DET	AL	125	413	56	91	15	6	9	38	9	23	109	.220	.243 (-10%)	.317 (-14%)	.410 (-15%)	.727 (-14%)	-1011.4
2022	DET	AL	112	365	47	88	18	2	8	31	9	15	82	.241	.242 (-1%)	.311 (-9%)	.394 (-7%)	.706 (-8%)	-499.9
2023	MIN	AL	124	358	60	92	18	5	9	34	33	34	99	.257	.248 (+3%)	.320 (+6%)	.414 (-1%)	.734 (+2%)	199.3
2024	MIN	AL	158	558	89	138	31	5	12	60	14	51	150	.247	.243 (+2%)	.312 (+6%)	.399 (-3%)	.711 (+1%)	218.4
2025	MIN	AL	86	302	48	74	15	2	10	27	9	32	84	.245	.245 (avg)	.315 (+6%)	.403 (+1%)	.718 (+3%)	265.8
2025	CHN	NL	34	100	10	17	2	1	1	6	1	8	27	.170	.245 (-31%)	.315 (-22%)	.403 (-41%)	.718 (-32%)	265.8
2026	COL	NL	120	427	65	111	20	1	15	56	10	41	129	.260	.243 (+7%)	.318 (+4%)	.400 (+4%)	.718 (+4%)	0
Career · 9 seasons			825	2,752	406	679	129	25	71	284	85	217	752	.247	—	—	—	—	-318

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Willi Castro — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	6	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	0	2	0	5.79	0.0

Career ERA 5.79 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 38.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Willi Castro — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	ER	BB	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2023	MIN	AL	3	2.1	3	3	2	11.57	—	0.0
2024	MIN	AL	2	1.1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0.0
2025	MIN	AL	1	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 3 seasons			6	4.2	4	3	2	5.79	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Willi Castro — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222

Playoff Batting by Year

Willi Castro — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	BB	SO	AVG
2025	NLDS1	CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2025	NLWC2	CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2023	ALDS2	MIN	2	5	1	1	1	2	.200
2023	ALWC2	MIN	2	4	0	1	0	2	.250

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Willi Castro — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	357	1147	179	293	28	121	.255
Away	348	1178	162	275	28	107	.233

Pitching — Home / Away

Willi Castro — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Away	5	3.2	3	3	2	0	7.36

Last 10 Games — Batting

Willi Castro — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
2025-09-28	CHC	STL	W	3	0	0	0	0	2
2025-09-21	CHC	CIN	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-20	CHC	CIN	L	3	1	1	1	0	0
2025-09-16	CHC	PIT	W	5	0	0	0	0	3
2025-09-15	CHC	PIT	W	3	0	0	0	1	1
2025-09-14	CHC	TBR	W	3	1	1	0	1	0
2025-09-13	CHC	TBR	L	1	0	0	0	1	0
2025-09-12	CHC	TBR	W	2	1	1	0	2	1
2025-09-10	CHC	ATL	W	3	0	1	0	0	1
2025-09-09	CHC	ATL	W	3	1	1	0	1	1

Last 6 Games — Pitching

Willi Castro — Last 6 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB
2025-03-31	MIN	CHW	—	1.0	1	0	0	0
2024-05-18	MIN	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	0
2024-04-12	MIN	DET	—	0.1	0	0	0	0
2023-09-04	MIN	CLE	—	1.0	2	3	3	2
2023-06-20	MIN	BOS	—	1.0	1	0	0	0
2023-04-20	MIN	BOS	—	0.1	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Willi Castro — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	206	159	254	352	10	75
3B	105	64	43	107	6	10
OF	346	262	538	15	8	4
P	6	0	0	0	0	0
SS	161	134	167	285	17	53

Season-by-Season Fielding

Willi Castro — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2019	DET	SS	29	28	36	67	4	17
2020	DET	2B	1	1	1	1	0	0
2020	DET	3B	8	8	3	12	1	0
2020	DET	SS	27	26	24	56	5	10
2021	DET	2B	91	81	141	211	8	47
2021	DET	OF	10	10	16	1	0	0
2021	DET	SS	20	19	25	35	2	8
2022	DET	2B	16	11	16	21	0	3
2022	DET	3B	6	3	4	6	1	3
2022	DET	OF	80	73	157	6	2	2
2022	DET	SS	16	7	10	23	2	5
2023	MIN	2B	10	4	4	9	0	0
2023	MIN	3B	41	23	15	49	0	6
2023	MIN	OF	103	64	128	3	2	1
2023	MIN	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MIN	SS	8	1	1	10	0	2
2024	MIN	2B	40	31	46	60	2	13
2024	MIN	3B	27	14	12	22	1	0
2024	MIN	OF	64	54	121	3	2	0
2024	MIN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
2024	MIN	SS	56	51	68	93	3	11
2025	MIN	2B	42	27	40	38	0	9
2025	MIN	3B	13	9	3	7	3	0
2025	MIN	OF	69	46	83	1	2	0
2025	MIN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2025	MIN	SS	5	2	3	1	1	0
2025	CHN	2B	6	4	6	12	0	3
2025	CHN	3B	10	7	6	11	0	1
2025	CHN	OF	20	15	33	1	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Willi Castro — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	6
Second Base	206
Third Base	105
Shortstop	161
Left Field	164
Center Field	97
Right Field	88
Designated Hitter	13

Award Voting History

Willi Castro — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2020	Rookie of the Year	AL	4th	7.0	150	0

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Willi Castro: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is August 24, 2019; Willi Castro is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. The season rows list, in order, the Detroit Tigers (2019 through 2022), the Minnesota Twins (2023 through 2025), the Chicago Cubs (2025), and the Colorado Rockies (2026). Castro played primarily as an outfielder and batted from both sides and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on April 24, 1997, in Rio Piedras, P.R. and a listed size of 6'1" and 206 pounds. The given name on file is Willi Rafael Castro.

Castro has collected 679 hits in 2,752 at bats across 825 games, good for a .247 batting average, adding 71 home runs, 284 RBI, and 85 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .316 clip and slugging .389, Castro carries a .705 OPS. The .247 career average is close to the .246 the league hit across the same seasons. The home run peak was 15 in 2026 with the Colorado Rockies.

Frequently Asked Questions about Willi Castro

What years did Willi Castro play?: Willi Castro played in Major League Baseball from 2019 to 2026.
Was Willi Castro a pitcher?: No. Willi Castro was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 6 career games.
How many home runs did Willi Castro hit?: Willi Castro hit 71 career home runs with 679 hits.
What was Willi Castro's career batting average?: Willi Castro batted .247 over his career, with 679 hits in 2,752 at bats.
How many RBI did Willi Castro have?: Willi Castro drove in 284 runs in his career.
What was Willi Castro's career ERA?: Willi Castro finished with a 5.79 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	206	159	254	352	10	75
3B	105	64	43	107	6	10
OF	346	262	538	15	8	4
P	6	0	0	0	0	0
SS	161	134	167	285	17	53

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	206	159	254	352	10	75
3B	105	64	43	107	6	10
OF	346	262	538	15	8	4
P	6	0	0	0	0	0
SS	161	134	167	285	17	53